Setting up GDM to start automatically upon bootup

Crushing Belial · 02-22-2006, 11:21 AM

Running Slackware 10.2 here with GNOME, and I'd like to know how to have GDM start up after bootup. Right now, I get dumped at the command-line after bootup, and then I need to login as root, and then have to type "gdm". How can I skip this?

Alien_Hominid · 02-22-2006, 11:29 AM

Check if you boot into 4 level . Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.4 and add these lines:
if [ -x /usr/sbin/gdm ]; then
exec /usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
fi

Crushing Belial · 02-22-2006, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien_Hominid

Check if you boot into 4 level . Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.4 and add these lines:
if [ -x /usr/sbin/gdm ]; then
exec /usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
fi

I already have those lines:

Code:

#! /bin/sh
#
# rc.4		This file is executed by init(8) when the system is being
#		initialized for run level 4 (XDM)
#
# Version:	@(#)/etc/rc.d/rc.4	2.00	02/17/93
#
# Author:	Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>
# At least 47% rewritten by:  Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
#

# Tell the viewers what's going to happen...
echo "Starting up X11 session manager..."

# Try to use GNOME's gdm session manager:
if [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ]; then
  exec /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon
fi

# Not there?  OK, try to use KDE's kdm session manager:
if [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kdm ]; then
  exec /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
fi

# If all you have is XDM, I guess it will have to do:
if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
  exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
fi

# error
echo
echo "Hey, you don't have KDM, GDM, or XDM.  Can't use runlevel 4 without"
echo "one of those installed."
sleep 30

# All done.

Does it matter if the path is "sbin", or "bin"? I noticed your lines say sbin.

dive · 02-22-2006, 11:43 AM

Leave that file as is. Open up /etc/inittab in a text editor and change

id:3:initdefault:

to

id:4:initdefault:

After that the system will look for the first graphical login manager. If you have GDM installed it will use that. If you don't, it will start KDM, and if it doesn't find KDM then XDM will run.

Randux · 02-22-2006, 11:47 AM

please ignore this entry

Crushing Belial · 02-22-2006, 12:19 PM

Ok, thanks for the replies.